Testosterone triggers the brain-pituitary-gonad axis of juvenile female catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis Bloch) for precocious ovarian maturation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-29

  Tiwary, Basant K ^a   Kirubagaran, R ^b   Ray, Arun K ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

GnRH; GtH II; Ovary; Precociously matured female (PMF); Steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CATFISH; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036226377     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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